How would you pronounce the name 'malia'

[ShazGranger]

Hi all!

We are wanting to call our baby girl 'malia' but am wondering how it's going to be pronounced? We want it pronounced like Obama s daughter. Will that work in the UK do you think?

Shouldn't it then be spelled Mulia rather than Malia?

Lol no! Muh like the u in the word under.

Full moons how did we get into ANOTHER pronunciation debate already 😂?

Americans pronounce their vowel sounds differently especially the 'A' Try and order water there and you will find out

Malia IS pronounced muh-lee-aa. It’s the ‘Western’ pronunciation that’s wrong.

Mahh lee ah.

Oh just looked it up & I was wrong! It IS like Maria with an L !!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RVhr-zRoIDw

There's no 'r' in it, where are so many posters getting the r from?

Mal e ah, like the resort.

Hi can you explain more about this decision? Can you direct me to the thread that recommends Maliah? We are going through the exact same decision as you!

This comes up on loads of threads. Mar and Mah sound the same in some accents, including mine. Just like Bath is pronounced Bar-th. Obviously no literal r in either word.